Don’t have a cable at home? No worries. Even if you do not have a cable TV, and wish to watch movies or your favorite soaps, you can do so while working on your PC. There are a lot of Online TV services available today that you can look forward to. Some channels offer a TV guide that are fun to use and easy to operate too. You can soon discover what is playing on a TV set; track your favorite soap operas and much, much more. The TV channels that you can use on your own PC offer a complete view of what is actually playing across all TV channels. You will get to know the show timings, repeat telecasts and synopsis. You also get the advantage of viewing channel schedules as much as 2 weeks before their actual schedule and can even opt for SMS alerts and reminders, so that you do not miss out on any episode.

Benefits of Online TV shows:

We enumerate below some of the few advantages of having an Online TV while working at your PC at the same time.

• Interactivity: Channels offer you an IP based podium that gives greater opportunity to make the TV watching experience more personalized and interactive.

• Video on Demand (VoD): This facility on an Online TV allows the viewer to surf an online movie catalogue, so that he can watch trailers before he selects which movie to view.

• Converged services: One of the other major advantages of having an IP-based system is that it offers an opportunity for convergence and integration. The term converged services means interaction of current services in a very seamless approach so as to generate new value added services. Some of the few examples are - On the Screen caller ID, obtaining a caller ID on your Television as well as the capability to handle it (sending it to your voice mail etc)

Limitations:

As IP Television is based on an Internet modus operandi, it is very sensitive and responsive to carton loss and eminent delays, that is if the IP Television is not quick enough. These are some of the known limitations for having an Online TV.

Usage of Online TV:

There are variety of multiple ways to explore schedules of TV shows, by browsing genres, channels and categories, or you can also do so by substituting a keyword to locate what exactly you are looking out for. It could be the actor’s name, serial title or even the subject name on which the serial is based. You are also allowed to view which program is playing across every TV channels simultaneously.

Those who are comfortable only with Movies and not any other kind of TV stuff can comfortably do so by a specially designed Movie Explorer. You can browse across movies playing in different channels.